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5-Letter Words Starting with WA

There are 61 five-letter words that start with WA on Word.ws, from waaay to wazoo. The most common are water, watch, waste, walls and wages.

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All 61 five-letter words that start with WA

WAA

  • waaay11adv. Elongated form of way.

WAC

  • wacko14interj. Hurrah!
  • wacky17adj. Zany; eccentric.

WAD

  • waddy13n. A cowboy.
  • wader9n. One who wades.
  • wadge10n. Thick slice of bread.

WAF

  • wafer11n. A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.

WAG

  • waged10adj. Receiving a wage.
  • wager9n. A bet; a stake; a pledge.
  • wages9n. One's total income for a time period.
  • wagga10n. A rug created from material scraps, small raw wool scraps and hessian...
  • waggy13adj. Having a tendency to wag.
  • wagon9n. A heavier four-wheeled (normally horse-drawn) vehicle designed to carry...
  • wagyu12n. Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to...

WAH

  • wahey14interj. Expressing exhilaration or delight.
  • wahoo11n. Acanthocybium solandri, a tropical and subtropical game fish.

WAI

  • waist8n. The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
  • waits8n. A group of singers or musicians performing in the streets, especially...
  • waive11v. To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.

WAJ

  • wajib17n. A religious duty; something that Muslims are obliged to do.

WAK

  • waken12v. To wake or rouse from sleep.
  • waker12adj. Watchful; vigilant; alert.
  • wakes12n. A community holiday, particularly in northern England.
  • wakey15n. The day on which one wakes up and travels home.
  • wakil12n. In Arabian countries and in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh, a lawyer or...

WAL

  • waldo9n. Synonym of telefactor.
  • waler8n. A breed of light saddle horse from Australia, once favoured as a...
  • walia8n. The ibex Capra walie.
  • walls8n. The vagina.
  • wally11n. A fool.
  • waltz17n. A ballroom dance in 3/4 time.

WAN

  • wandy12adj. Long and flexible, like a wand; wandlike.
  • waned9adj. Having wanes, i.e. rounded corners caused by lack of wood, often...
  • wanga9n. A magic spell or charm.
  • wango9n. A boomerang.
  • wanly11adv. In a wan or pale manner.
  • wanst8adv. Once.
  • wanty11n. A girth or belly-band for a horse's harness.

WAR

  • wares8n. Goods or services that are for sale.
  • waria8n. A member of Indonesia's traditional transfeminine third gender category.
  • warry11adj. Warlike, warrish.
  • warsh11v. Appalachia, Midland, Ozarks, and Northern Ireland form of wash.
  • warth11n. A ford.
  • warty11adj. Having warts.

WAS

  • washi11n. A tough paper used in traditional Japanese art forms.
  • washy14adj. Watery; damp; soft.
  • waspy13adj. Resembling or characteristic of a wasp; wasplike.
  • wasta8n. Intercession or mediation by people on behalf of others to whom they...
  • waste8n. Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable...

WAT

  • watch13n. A portable or wearable timepiece.
  • water8n. An inorganic compound (of molecular formula H₂O) found at room...
  • watsu8n. A form of body massage performed on a subject lying in warm water.

WAU

  • waugh12adj. Insipid; tasteless.

WAV

  • waved12adj. Having a wave-like form or outline; undulating.
  • waver11v. To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.
  • wavey14n. The snow goose (Chen caerulescens).

WAX

  • waxed16adj. Of an object, coated or treated with wax in order to make it shiny or...
  • waxen15adj. Grown.
  • waxer15n. A device used to apply wax.

WAZ

25 rare five-letter words that start with WA

Questions about these words

How many five-letter words that start with WA are there?
Word.ws lists 61 five-letter words that start with WA, plus 25 rare ones.
What are common five-letter words that start with WA?
water, watch, waste, walls, wages, waist, wagon and waits.
Which of the five-letter words that start with WA has the highest letter score?
wazoo scores 17 points with the standard letter tile values.

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Word lists and meanings adapted from the Wiktionary entry of each word. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out names, abbreviations, misspellings and offensive words, and ordered the most common words by how often they appear in English (wordfreq). Meanings from Wiktionary; this is not an official Scrabble, Words With Friends or Wordle word list. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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